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Short stature and SHOX (Short stature homeobox) variants—efficacy of screening using various strategies [PDF]

PeerJ, 2020
Background SHOX mutations have previously been described as causes of Léri-Weill dyschondrosteosis (LWD), Langer mesomelic dysplasia (LMD), and idiopathic short stature. The loss of X chromosome—Turner syndrome or mosaic 45,X/46,XX or 46,XY—also leads to
Pavlina Capkova, Zuzana Capkova, Peter Rohon, Katerina Adamová, Jirina Zapletalova   +4 more
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Quality of Life of Short-Statured Children Born Small for Gestational Age or Idiopathic Growth Hormone Deficiency Within 1 Year of Growth Hormone Treatment

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2019
Aside from clinical endpoints like height gain, health-related quality of life has also become an important outcome indicator in the medical field. However, the data on short stature and health-related quality of life is inconsistent.
Julia Quitmann, Janika Bloemeke, Neuza Silva, Neuza Silva, Monika Bullinger, Stefanie Witt, Ilker Akkurt, Desiree Dunstheimer, Christian Vogel, Volker Böttcher, Ursula Kuhnle Krahl, Markus Bettendorf, Eckhard Schönau, Susanne Fricke-Otto, Alexandra Keller, Klaus Mohnike, Helmuth-Günther Dörr   +16 more
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Clonidine-stimulated growth hormone concentrations (cut-off values) measured by immunochemiluminescent assay (ICMA) in children and adolescents with short stature

Clinics, 2016
OBJECTIVES: To establish cut-off values for growth hormone concentrations using clonidine as a secretagogue and an immunochemiluminescent assay as the method of measurement and to analyze the response time as well as the influence of gender, nutritional ...
Maria de Fátima Borges, Flávia Carolina Cândida Teixeira, Aline Karin Feltrin, Karina Alvarenga Ribeiro, Gabriel Antonio Nogueira Nascentes, Elisabete Aparecida Mantovani Rodrigues Resende, Beatriz Pires Ferreira, Adriana Paula Silva, Heloísa Marcelina Cunha Palhares   +8 more
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Assessment and referral of patients with short stature by primary care physicians in the Arabian gulf region: Current perspectives from a regional survey

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022
Children with short stature are frequently referred late to pediatric endocrinologists in the Arabian Gulf region. This is likely a contributing factor to late initiation of treatment despite current evidence suggesting that children with short stature ...
W. Kaplan, E. Al Amiri, N. Attia, I. Al Basiri, I. Romany, E. Al Shehri, E. Al Shehri, A. Al Twaim, S. Al Yaarubi, A. Deeb, A. Deeb   +10 more
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Idiopathic Short Stature - A Case Report

Bangladesh Journal of Child Health, 2023
Short stature in childhood is the most common reason for referral to pediatric endocrinologists. Idiopathic short stature is defined as ³2 SD below the corresponding mean height for a given age, sex, and population in a child with a normal birth size and normal body proportions and without evidence of any systemic, endocrine, nutritional, or ...
Suraiya Begum, Dhiraj Chandra Biswas
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SHOX Gene Screening in Familial Short-stature Females [PDF]

Journal of Medical Academics
Introduction: As idiopathic short stature (ISS) has been linked to mutations in the SHOX gene, research into SHOX gene mutations in idiopathic familial short stature (FSS) is crucial. Early intervention planning necessitates the timely evaluation of FSS.
Karishma Sharma, Prashant Kumar Verma, Shashi Ranjan Mani Yadav, Brijendra Singh, Manisha Naithani   +4 more
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Analysis of A Case of Growth Retardation of Infants Caused By Maternal Medication During Lactation [PDF]

BIO Web of Conferences
Short stature in childhood and even adulthood mostly originates from infancy and young children. It has been reported that 30.7% of children start to experience short stature before 6 months of age, 32.3% of children start to experience short stature ...
Zhang Junhua
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Comparative efficacy of aromatase inhibitors and gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogue in increasing final height of idiopathic short stature boys: a network meta-analysis

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2023
ObjectiveTo investigate the efficacy of monotherapy with AIs or GnRHa in improving the height of boys with idiopathic short stature (ISS).MethodWe performed a systematic search in Pubmed, The Cochrane Library, Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure ...
Siqi Wang, Zhixin Wu, Yang Chen, Kuanhong Luo, Zhenhai Cui, Jiaoyue Zhang, Juan Zheng, Kangli Xiao, Huiqing Li   +8 more
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Diagnostic yield of a multigene sequencing approach in children classified as idiopathic short stature

Endocrine Connections, 2022
Objective: Most children with short stature remain without an etiologic diagnosis after extensive clinical and laboratory evaluation and are classified as idiopathic short stature (ISS).
Nathalia Liberatoscioli Menezes Andrade, Mariana Ferreira de Assis Funari, Alexsandra Christianne Malaquias, Paulo Ferrez Collett-Solberg, Nathalia L R A Gomes, Renata Scalco, Naiara Castelo Branco Dantas, Raissa C Rezende, Angelica M F P Tiburcio, Micheline A R Souza, Bruna L Freire, Ana C V Krepischi, Carlos Alberto Longui, Antonio Marcondes Lerario, Ivo J P Arnhold, Alexander A L Jorge, Gabriela Andrade Vasques   +16 more
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Spontaneous final adult height in patients with idiopathic short stature [PDF]

Pediatric Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Magdalena Banaszak-Ziemska, Karolina Grochowska, Marek Niedziela   +2 more
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